Receptivity of providing firearm safety storage devices to parents along with firearms safety education.

Autor:	Fraser Doh K; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States., Bishop Z; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States., Gillings T; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States., Johnson J; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States., Boy A; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States., Waris RS; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States., Bhatia AM; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States., Santore MT; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States., Simon HK; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.; Department of Emergency Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Frontiers in public health [Front Public Health] 2024 Mar 21; Vol. 12, pp. 1352400. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 21 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.3389/fpubh.2024.1352400
Abstrakt:	Background: In the United States, 33% of households with children contain firearms, however only one-third reportedly store firearms securely. It's estimated that 31% of unintentional firearm injury deaths can be prevented with safety devices. Our objective was to distribute safe storage devices, provide safe storage education, evaluate receptivity, and assess impact of intervention at follow-up. Method: At five independent, community safety events, parents received a safe storage device after completing a survey that assessed firearms storage methods and parental comfort with discussions regarding firearm safety. Follow-up surveys collected 4 weeks later. Data were evaluated using descriptive analysis. Result: 320 participants completed the surveys, and 288 participants were gunowners living with children. Most participants were comfortable discussing safe storage with healthcare providers and were willing to talk with friends about firearm safety. 54% reported inquiring about firearm storage in homes their children visit, 39% stored all their firearms locked-up and unloaded, 32% stored firearms/ammunition separately. 121 (37%0.8) of participants completed the follow-up survey, 84% reported using the distributed safety device and 23% had purchased additional locks for other firearms. Conclusion: Participants were receptive to firearm safe storage education by a healthcare provider and distribution of a safe storage device. Our follow up survey results showed that pairing firearm safety education with device distribution increased overall use of safe storage devices which in turn has the potential to reduce the incidence of unintentional and intentional self-inflicted firearm injuries. Providing messaging to promote utilization of safe storage will impact a firearm safety culture change. Competing Interests: JJ was employed by Medically Home. The remaining authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationship that could be construed as potential conflict of interest. (Copyright © 2024 Fraser Doh, Bishop, Gillings, Johnson, Boy, Waris, Bhatia, Santore and Simon.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
Externí odkaz:	Zobrazit plný text záznamu